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Old 03-30-03, 08:37
fretel fretel is offline
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Deleting table?

how would i go about deleting at whole table, or just the sql string...

say i wanted to delete table userName?

any help would be great thanks
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Old 03-30-03, 16:48
r937 r937 is online now
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to remove all rows, leaving the table in the database but empty:

DELETE FROM YOURTABLE

if sql server, and you do not need the rows logged, just want the table emptied:

TRUNCATE TABLE YOURTABLE

if you don't want the table no more at all:

DROP TABLE YOURTABLE


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